| Collection type | Library |
|---|---|
| Author | Jones, Nigel, author.; |
| Call Number | 941.083 J78p |
| Document type | Monograph |
| Year | 2014. 2014. |
| Pagination | 272 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm. |
| Publisher | Head of Zeus, |
| Note | Includes bibliographical references and index. 1914 dawned with Britain at peace, albeit troubled by faultlines within and threats without: Ireland trembled on the brink of civil war; suffragette agitation was assuming an ever more violent hue; and suspicions of Germany's ambitions bred a paranoia expressed in a rash of 'invasion scare' literature. Then when shots rang out in Sara-jevo on 28 June, they set in train a tumble of diplomatic dominos that led to Britain declaring war on Germany. Nigel Jones depicts every facet of a year that changed Britai n for ever. From gun-running in Ulster to an attack by suffragettes on a Velasquez painting in the National Gallery; from the launch of HMHS Britannic to cricketer J.T. Hearne's 3000th first-class wicket; from the opening of London's first nightclub to th e embarking for Belgium of the BEF, he traces the events of a momentous year from its benign domestic beginnings to its descent into the nightmare of European war. |
| Place made | London : |
Peace and war : Britain in 1914 / Nigel Jones.
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